davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-08

es the Southern states as in slavery
times but includes all people from
Maine to Florida and from the At.
lantic to the Pacific in the Western
world, and all the East in it's far
reaching arms. Tie poor and rich,
high and low, all feel the need of it's
protection.
Since the reform was begun by an
unorganized body called Crusaders
it has grown to regular organized
body with divisions and subdivisions
growing in popular favor, working
for God and Home and Native
Land" in spite of the rebuffs so oft
en- received. One of our organizers
OF some note was told by young
minister, whose breath, as she stated
it, was freighted with the fumes of
tobacco, that the prejudice was so
strong against women speaking in
the church that she had better not
occupy the pulpit, but stand below.
size replied: She was willing to
stand anywhere, in the aisle, or a,
the door, if need be 1t would bring
her nearer the people. When the
truth was known the pastor was the
one who made the objection not his
flock.
The work of the W. G. T. U. is of
the educational and persuasive style
and can better he expressed by the
following:
"Mental suasion tor the man who thinks
Moral suasion for the man who drinks,
Legal suasion for the drunkard maker.
Prison suasion for the statute breaker"
Party interests, business interests
popularity and appetite SO entram.
mel our brothers in the work that
they are tied hand and foot, making
it hard to follow precept with ex-
ample. A minister during our last
campaign produced a profound feel
ing of respect for his denunciations
of the liquor traffic, and during the
Christmas holidays partook Of fruit
cake which he knew contained brandy
and made one of the guests a SUBJ
ject of ridicule for their temperance
principles
Consistency thou art a jewel"
no wonder the election went so
strong for high license in that dis
trict.
Why is it that woman who exerts
all her powers for i'll is never censur
ed but is even spoken Of with praise
Ivy the Uery parties who so abund-
antly crit!cise the woman who is
trying at public meeting to undo
the wrong done by the other? Is it
for the reason, "That men love dark
ness rather than light because their
deeds are evil?',
Bayard Taylor wrote: "Only a
woman knows woman's needs"
and certainly the sufferers of this
baneful curse are the women and in.
nocent children, and they are finding
out that they must defend their own
cause as their natural protectors are
sold out body and soul to the rum
tiend.
Wherever the feet of man have
stepped the battle is found en-route
if 1T did not 90 with him. "The Nor
COCO Times in recent article com
mented stoutly on the white mans
foot and BOTTLE"
We read in the Union Signal that
IA large beer saloon had been opened in
the Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio,
and the officers think so much of their
pet enterprise that they allow no one
und4r their control to say one word
against it, Some one outsi do If thair
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-08

The "Barthoidi" Lamp for sale by
Burlington is the best lamp out.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-26
FOOD SUPPLY OF PARIS.
Four thousand Tons Of Horse, Mule an
Ass Meat Eaten.

-Four Thousand Tons Of Horse, Mule and
Ass Meat Eaten.
The:latest annual report on the food supply
Of the population of Paris presents some
points Of general interest. On the average it
appears that every inhabitant of the French
capital ate rather more than half pound Of
butchers meat day during the past year,
and in addition to this daily ration of some
five or six ounces of other descriptions of ami
NAL food, including fish, poultry, and game,
butter, cheese, and eggs. The average Is, we
believe appreciably below that of London |;
butiti nevertheless, a fairly adequate allow
ance. Perhaps the most curious item in the
annual bill of fare Of the Parisians is that
which informs us that last year they con-
sumed no less than four thousand tons of
"horse, mule, and ass meat" This is nearly
nine million pounds, and represents rather
more than nine days supply Of butchers !"
meat to the entire population of the capital.
Every year that has passed since the great
siege Of 1871 hippophagy has been increasing
In Paris, and there appears every likelihood
Of continuous increase in the consumption
OF this class Of viands. Possibly not all the
horses that are killed in London streets 70 to
feed the cats and dogs, but in spite of several
efforts to introduce horse beef as an article of
diet we have never taken kindly to it. In
sausages, German saveloys, andi in one or two
other forms, horse is no doubt eaten here /;
but ifso, it is certainly only because we do not
know it.-Dwbltn Nation.
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presented in this article.
Many people may imagine when they
read that 6tanley's perilous expedition
down the Congo and many other i'm
portant exploring parties were accompa-
MED by quite large number Of women
that'they were source of weakness.
On the contrary, they add strength to the
expedition. A carrier who has his wife
with him seldom runs away. Explorers
testify also that the women carry loads
nearly as heavy as those of the men, that
they bear their burdens more cheerfully,
wash and cook better and work for less
pay than the men. Savage Africa fol-
lows our noble example in discriminating
against women in the matter Of wages.
1t was pleasant little peculiarity of
Livingstone that he usually referred to
African women in his writings as
"ladies." ~ He and other explorers testify
to the fact that among many tribes, es
pecially on the great interior plateau of
Africa, the men exhibit much affection
instance, of young married couples stand
arms around each other Schweinfurth,
who introduced to us the red-skinned
Nyam Nyams, says that though they are
among the bravest and proudest of the
tribes Of Africa, they will yet If any of their
women are captured by an enemy, make
any sacrifice and incur any disgrace to
get them back again. The inferior West
coast negroes, on the other hand, appear
to know neither love nor jealousy. Mr..
j. Manteiro, who lived among them for
years In Angola, says that he never saw a
negro there manifest the least tenderness
toward a negress or give or receive any
caress that would indicate the slightest
loving regard on either side.
OF course, as in all savage lands, the
women of Africa do the hard work of
the fields, while their lords or masters
sit in the shade and gossip or go on the
hunt or the warpath. Life Is round of
hard, unrequited toll for most African
women. And yet these merry-hearted
creatures forget their hard lot the mo-
ment the tolls of the day are over and
with their male companions they will
gather in the moonlight or around big
fires and sing and dance out half the
night. In the history of Indian
wars we often read that the
women share in and keenly enjoy the
barbarities inflicted by the men; but the
women of Africa seldom figure as ag-
gressors in any of the tales of tribal war
fare or savage cruelty. 1t is q strange
fact indeed that in some large districts
of Africa while war is going ON the
women on both sides pass freely and un-
molested through the enemy's country
topeaceably exchange their humble wares
In the accustomed markets.
G. G. ADAMS.
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chosen to the Senate for the sixsyoo6s
term commencing March 4, 1851, % DGo<'
coed Joseph Lane, he assumed his ~
In silence which he failed 70 break foti
more than year thereafter. During H.
discussion attending the outbreak o.
the civil war and the stirring events of
That period, Senator Neemith had moth
Ing to say In the Senate, which wao.
somewhat surprising because his povpfo
Of oratory were Of no mean order.
Finally colleague rallied him severely.
because Of his reticence and asked him %
explain its meaning.
"The fact IT," replied Nesmith, in
1alf apologetic way, II was in . daee
Turing the first six months, wondering
how ever got into the Senate, and slnce
that time have been made speechleso
by wondering how all the other fellows.
got here"
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, d
the oldest living senator both in age and
priority of service, having been born In
1899, and entered the Senate March 8,
1S45, to fill the unexpired term Of James
Buchanan, resigned pending the Twen-
ty-ninth Congress. Next IN the living
order comes Robert M. T. Hunter, OF
Virginia, born in 1909, who entered the
Senate March 4, 1647, at the commences
ment of the Thirtieth Congress, and
served until 1851, having been thrice
chosen. The next is Jefferson Davis, Of
Mississippi, born in 1903, who took his
seat in the Senate August 10, 1S47, ct
the Thirtieth Congress, having been
appointed in place of Senator Speight,
deceased. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine,
born in 1909, entered the Senate May
90, 1648, at the close of the Thirtieth
Congress, to fill the unexpired term of
John Fairfield, deceased, and John @.
Fremont, born in 1918, was chosen the
first senator from California, at the
Thirty-first Congress, serving from 1S40
to 1851.
Truman Smith, of Connecticut, born
in 1901, was, at the time of his death
some two years since-the Oldest living
senator. He served from 1S49 to 1856.
William M. Gwinn, who was senator
from California from 1849 to 1851, was
born in 1905 and passed the winter of
1S85'S8 at Washington, hale and hearty
at the age of eighty years. Upon ad-
journment of the first session of the
Forty-ninth Congress he left Washington
for New York en- route to San Francisco.
where he suddenly expired at the New
York Hotel. At the time of his death
he was junior in age only to Simon Cam
eron, and in senatorial service to Messrs.
Cameron, Hunter, Jefferson Davis and
Hannibal Hamlin. J. J. NOAH.
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A row WITH THE CORONER.


The Jury sided with the Reporter and
the Inqusstwas stspped.
An extraordinary scene took place in .
coroner's court at Akenham, near Ipswich,
on May 8. The coroner, Mr.. Vulliamy, had
intimated his intention Of holding 9 secret
inquiry into the circumstances attending the
death Of Bertha Wall, aged sixteen, pupil
ct the Ipswich High School, whose dead
body was found In pond few days ago.
Considerable popular interest has been mani
Tested In the case owing TO the belief that the
girl had been the victim ofs ibertine After
the jury had been sworn the coroner re-
quegted the Representatives Of the press to
withdraw, but they refused to do 20. The
chief reporter of the Eat Angltan Daily
Tinsss raised the objection that the court had
not been opened In proper form. After
some wrangling the jury were again sworn,
and the customary proclamation having
been read the reporters were again ordered
to owithdraw. They again refused, and thej
siding with them, said they would refuse to
serve under the circumstances, and rose In q
BODY to leave the room. The coroner
thrs.tened 70 hne them, and called in the
rspostsrs thereby, oo%%itapg 2 technical
as1ault, Which will probably BE- used to test
the legality Of the coroner 3 conduct. The Jury
gttu y0fnlng to hear the evidence except Ia
the presence OF the representatives Of the
pref, the coroner adjourned the inquiry for
. weak, and the proceeding terminated
amid scene Of the 9reatsst confndon.-Rsn
1su 0ssstts (koNdosl
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MN. WENDELL BAKER. tboot - 1; n n 4
fashion, and always crowded with the
students and their friends from Cam
bridge, Boston and more distant points.
Hundreds of ladies are present at two of
these three meetings, and are as wildly
enthusiastic as the students themselves
over the wrestling, high kicking, the
jumping and the tug-of-war. At one of
the meetings, when sparring is leading
attraction, ladies are not admitted. They
do not understand why, nor does any
body else. The sports at this tabooed
meeting are no more shocking to sensitive
nerves than is football match, which
the fair ones enjoy with special relish.
Records are broken at almost every
one of these athletic meetings. 1t is not
often, however, that one man gains a
series of records like those made by Mr.
Wendell Baker in the spring and summer
of 1885. On May 90 he established as
the worlds amateur running records
II is seconds for 10 yards and ID
seconds for 1870 yards. On June IA he
made 22O yards in % seconds, worlds
amateur record, and 1870 yards in 1S
seconds, a worlds record. On June 10
he made 1876 yards in 10 3-5 seconds, a
worlds amateur record. On July he
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-26
FIRE DAMAGES.
The Aggregate Of Losses In the United
States and Canada for April.

The Aggregate Of Losses In the Unitea
States and Canada for April.
The aggregate estimated losses by fire
in the United States and Canada for the
month of April, according to the figures
of the New York Commercial BuHstin, q
reliable authority ON fire statistics, foot
up total of $l1, $780, 900, which is el,,
$1,000 more than those of March, and
gives total for the first four months az
the year of $41 ,25O,OOO. The BuHsoin
says: "At this rate the losses for the year
bid fair to exceed those of 1883 by more
than seven millions. This is certainly IN
abnormal increase, and it Is earnestly to
be hoped that the record for the remain
ing months may give a more favorable
showing. The number of large firee
shows no indication Of decrease, but rather
the contrary. Nearly twenty per cent
of the entire number are from e5O.OO0
upward, and one exceptional case, that
of the Hotel del Monte, in Monterey.
Cal, reaches the respectable figure 6f'
81 100000. Even without this loas o.,
average for the month would be exc Is
tiOnally high; and somehow there u ~
ways an If or but in nearly eyor11
month, which plays sad havoc WITH IT,
normal average that 10 hoped for" q
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A'DREAM.

''Tl tell you dream had last night,
That is, If you care to hear
About IT," be said; you'll think it is quite
Absurd, twas so very queer
''Do tell me, l really am fond of dreams,
Although have very few;
A dream very often warning seems"
She said; twas it all about your"
"Well, hardly upon me were bent
Ali eyes, but haughtily carried
My head quite high, for dreamt went
Down the aisle of church to bs married.
The wedding-march psaled out clear and
loud
And flowers sweet and rare,
Low trampled by the curious crowd,
With perfume filed the air.
''There shyly walking by my side,
The sweetest girl knew,
Was soon to be my own dear bride;
How queer, that girl was youl''
"Nsi" and her eyes 90 bright and clear,
She slyly vsiled from view;
u don't think It 20 very queer,
you know some dreams como true"
s , -1sstss Ra&ost
\ = sp1nne = ~ = hietosioal ~ thst xik
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old lady. Her Establishments, however,
became intense enough to hasten his
departure after he had endured them
with the best possible grace for several
months.
Serpa Pinto's adventure with the
daughter of king Of the Ambuellas is
an amusing specimen Of the strange ex-
periences that befall the African traveller.
This attractive little creature" as
the explorer calls her, had never seen a
white man before In her island home on
the Cubanqui, and Pinto unwittingly in
spired her with deep interest. She
made desperate love to him and though
she was only sweet sixteen, Pinto says
she inspired him with more fear than
the widest of wild cats. Her elder sis
ter ably abetted the little girls tender de-
signs and was very indignant because
Pinto was so cold and unfeeling. She
wanted to know in the shrillest OF tones
II there were any prettier girls in the
country he came from and what sort of a
man he was anyhow. One evening the
two young women entered his hut and
declined to leave It until they were coaxed
away by the wife of one of Serpa
Pinto's porters, who declared fhe white
man was her husband.
Many African chiefs are apt to think
that white travellers who wander through
their country without even 20 much as one
wife In their train are very suspicious
characters and need to be watched closely
to prevent them from running of with
the loyal harem. They frequently Of
for to solace the loneliness Of their visit
ors by presenting them with one or more
wives. DR.. Bsrth, after travelling for five
years in Africa, expressed the opinion
that explorer should take their wives
with them II possible, - the natives
would respect them more and they
would get along better. He said the
only thing about him that really excited
suspicion was the fact that he was .
bachelor.
DR.. Livingstone used to say that wo-
mep and wine, meaning the nstive palm
vine, won the cuTse Of White msn In
Africa Thays II 70 doubt however, that
.sss sss g - A. es s,'sS ass: PC:
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. -Dlue ueu CnlCken CIdte tnere-
fore has furnished three successive
generations to the Senate. Walter T.
Colquitt, of Georgia, who was chosen
senator in 1S43 to succeed Alfred Cuth-
burt, is the father of the present SEN
ator, Alfred H. Colquitt. He was both
lawyer and divine of great eminence
and oratorical reputation.
1t is historical in Georgia that Walter
T. Colquitt performed at least one days
work. the extent of which has never been
equaled, much less excelled. He de-
Tended man tried in the court for muir
der, and cleared his client before the din
ner hour arrived. After dinner, being
candidate for presidential elector, he
made political speech of two hours
duration, and left the hustings to per-
form marriage ceremony. After sup-
per he preached sermon In church, and
when the services were concluded and he
was on his way home, he was assaulted
by noted bully of whom everybody was
afraid, whose testimony he had fiercely
ing. His friends came to his rescue, but
nothing would satisfy him but to fight
out the battle with fsticuffs. intimating
that If the man whipped him in fair
fight 1t would be entirely satisfactory.
He thrashed the bully to his hearts con-
tent, and afterward any boy of twelve
years of age could have made the ruffian
run. Both father and son were gradu-
ated from Princeton College.
Henry Dodge, who entered the Senate
from Wisconsin on June 8, 1848, pending
the Thirtieth Congress, was the father Of
Augustus G. Dodge, of Iowa, who was
seated December 4, of the same year.
The first term of Henry Dodge ended
March 8, 1851, and the first term of Au-
gustus @. Dodge expired March 8, 1649.
Both were reelected for the six-years
term, ending respectively March 8, 1857,
and March 3, 1866, SO that both father
and son served in the Senate together
during part Of the Thirtieth and the
whole of the Thirty-first, Thirty-second
and Thirty-third Congresses, the father,
however, remaining two years longer
throughout the Thirty-fourth Congress.
Both are dead. General James Shields
represented Illinois in the Senate during
the Thirty-frst, Thirty-second and
Ihirty.third Congresses, from 1S49 to
1850 Minnesota during portion OF the
Ihrty-nfth Congress, lS5S-59, and Mis-
souri, during portion of the Fortieth
congress, from January to March, 1879.
His was the sole instance of serving as
senator from more than one State. There
are several instances, however, where
members OF the House were subsequently
chosen senators from other States. Henry
Livingston was member from New York
ana q senator from Louisiana; General
Edward ID. Baker, member from Illinois
and senator from Oregon; Charles
Durkee, member from Indiana and
senator from Wisconsin, and Charles II.
van Wyck, 2 member from New York
and senator from Nebraska.
Various sex-senators have subsequently
served IN the House, among them John
Qpincy Adams the only ex-President
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It's full scope and speed
lily proved its value.
New apparatus was
invented and the old
familiar appl ! n C es
were improved to con-
form to higher re-
quirements. The sys-
tenn involves q series
of measurements by
which the physical
condition of the can
didste Is determined, /,
and in accordance with
which the exercise he
needs is prescribed.
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Nn. Col. Ysrgr 10 continual source OF
smbalTasamentt 10 her husband. Col. Yezgez
recently gave dinner party TO few select
ladies and gentlsmen. -Of 'couse he wa
called ON for an eher-dinnsr speech. Col.
Yerger SGT up, and, assuming An imposing
Ladies and esntlsmsn, unprspsssd y !
am-bdng wholly unprepared 70 make q
speech-being unprepafed-"
He vas unable TO proceed. There was Z
painful silence, which was broken BY Nm.
YerReR, saying;
nssslSs s%l o'fss you ae:: ! % %Rss' thu
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foepvvteAssd, Iss7.1
A cable dispatch the other day said
that King Mwanga, the ruler Of Uganda,
has 1000 wives. A few years be.
fore his death King Mtesa, the father Of
Mwanga, took census Of his family and
found that he had 1000 wives. II does
not follow that the support Of this for.
midable. househould was heavy drain
upon Mtesa's private purse On the con.
trary, the harems Of African kings and
chiefs, like their cattle kraals, are often q
source Of wealth. This little incident
shows the practical view that Mtesa, for
instance, took Of matrimony.
About five years ago, Mr.. Felkin, one
Of the Uganda missionaries, complained
to Mtesa that his majesty had not kept
the missionary larder well stocked, as he
had agreed, and the missionaries were
actually suffering for food. A happy
thought struck the King. He gave an
order to an attendant, and in few min
utes eighteen buxom young women came
marching in with big baskets of bananas
on their heads.
"Take these women for your wives" !"
said Mtesa. "They will dig in your gar
den, raise your food and cook It. Take
them and don't bother me any more.
Send me the other men and will give
them wives too. Now take your women
and co."
Mtesa was greatly enraged when the
poor missionary ventured to protest
against being married in this wholesale
fashion. He told Mr.. Felkin that he and
his fellows might shift for themselves.
They had . hard time Of It until the
King long after became better nstured.
In Mtesa's harem was one shrewd and
como1v uoraon who had great {uf1uauco
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this system: In 1880 the man whose
standing was highest showed . total
strength Of 675-2, and the average Of the
first ten men In college was 065.e. Four
years later the best man showed 3 total
strength OF l,07e.6, and the average for
IL lSet ten men was 1,O1e. To-daI;these
AZ ain college Who stel4 ehar